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Specimen 4556: Ceratitis rosa Karsch

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species rosa
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species rosa

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #4556
Scientific name: Ceratitis rosa Karsch
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Dictyophleba lucida (None)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Mwele Forest, Shimba Hills  (Originaly Shimba Hills, Mwele forest)
Coordinates 39°22'58.01" E / 4°15'25" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 23-4-2002
Collector: Copeland, R.S.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 2 (0 male(s), 2 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: USDA collecting programme, collection nr 1896. C. rosa s.l. (confusion C. rosa & C. quilicii) but probably C.rosa because of prevalence from this locality.

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